clientele; customer stratum
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
license; permit; licence; certificate
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
all-out confrontation; total confrontation
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
north wind; northerly wind
ten; 10; ten years of age
day of month; counter for days
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
book; volume; this; present; main; head
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops